They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 538: Like a Hawk

Then that girl came along and turned it all upside down. And somehow, Carl had fallen for it. She didn’t know how, but Nnenna had clearly bewitched him. Played innocent. Played clever. Cunning little thing.

So young... and yet already that manipulative?

Stephanie had been waiting for this moment ever since the referee announced the tournament lineup. From the second she saw Nnenna’s name, she knew, this was her chance. Her brother would crush that girl in the ring, and everyone would finally see.

This was justice.

Retribution.

A clean win that would fix everything.

She smiled to herself, adrenaline mixing with satisfaction. Yes. This was how you proved a point.

Carl, Somto, Arthur, they were all here. The ones who mattered. The ones who decided who belonged and who didn’t. And they would watch this play out.

She didn’t even need to raise a finger.

Nicholas would handle it for her.

After all... they were the best of the best. And she belonged with them. Not some stranger with a pretty face and mysterious talent.

She leaned forward, eyes glued to the stage, heart pounding with anticipation.

This was it.

The moment everything would fall back into place.

When Nnenna would finally be put in her place.

The referee raised his arm... and dropped it.

"Begin!"

Nnenna and Nicholas stepped forward.

They bowed.

At least, she did, halfway.

She wasn’t stupid.

She had watched Nicholas’s previous fights closely, especially the ones where his opponents had gone in respectfully... and walked out bruised before the match even properly began.

He had a trick.

A cheap one.

And just as she predicted, he used it.

Before her head was even all the way down, Nicholas lunged forward, fist slicing the air toward her midsection like a bullet.

erupted from the

fast!" someone

even two

"Is he insane?!"

SLAM

at the last moment, narrowly dodging the blow and skidding

the impact of the sudden attack

table lit up

Onyedika snapped, eyes narrowing.

always been too impatient," muttered Madam Wolke, shaking her head. "Doesn’t even

said flatly, watching with sharp eyes. "Most of his opponents

Arthur

Didn’t blink.

up from

the edge of the table, a quiet

rows behind the

aggressive. Don’t hold back. Let

eyes flicked

still

That girl.

his face again, not soft, not angry. Just focused. Entirely

Stephanie’s stomach twisted.

she put in, he had

stinking girl

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Omg did y’all see

Ref

wild. This

that girl dodge? She read that move like

gonna be crazy. My

ranking figures in the VIP gallery, narrowed his eyes as he watched Nnenna slide back into a ready

he murmured, impressed. "She

beside him, didn’t say a

But he smiled faintly.

a wide smile. Not one

It was pride.

so easy

Crush him.

He believed she could.

that she hadn’t even begun to show what she

move failed, the match truly

And it was brutal.

Nicholas didn’t waste time.

He charged.

the air with terrifying velocity. He was, after all, ranked second among the entire Year Three martial artists, a seasoned fighter who had started training before he

Nnenna?

just